Quotes About Basketball [From LEGENDS]

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Basketball Quotes


Magic Johnson sayings

Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates | Magic Johnson


Michael Jordan Basketball Quotes

There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don’t believe there is only one greatest player either | Michael Jordan


Bob Knight

“The key is not the ‘will to win’… everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important” | Bob Knight


Jeff Van Gundy quotes

Shooting percentage is just as much about decision making as it is about technique | Jeff Van Gundy


John Wooden

What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player | John Wooden


Pat Riley Quotes About Basketball

When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort–it is ready to climb | Pat Riley


Charles Barkley

If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful! | Charles Barkley


Tim Duncan sayings

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best | Tim Duncan


Red Auerbach

Some say you have to use your five best players, but I found out you win with the five that fit together best as a team | Red Auerbach


Bill Russel quote

What distinguishes a great player is his presence. When he goes on to the court, his presence dominates the atmosphere | Bill Russell


Basketball coach quotes


bob knight

I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began | Bob Knight


brad stevens

You have to earn your right to win the game with effort and togetherness | Brad Stevens


Dean Smith

Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat | Dean Smith


Quotes About Basketball - Doc Rivers

Do you want to choose winning over standing out? It’s a choice every player on every championship team has to do | Doc Rivers


don mayer

Recognize and reward players who put the team first, not just the gifted ones | Don Meyer


Basketball afirmations

No one is bigger than the team. If you can’t do things our way, you’re not getting time here and we don’t care who you are | Gregg Popovich


al mcguire

Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war | Al McGuire


steph curry sayings

The biggest thing is just routine. I think that’s the biggest correlation between golfers and basketball players | Steph Curry


steve alford

We try to stress the little things because little things lead to big things | Steve Alford


Mark few sayings

The reason we win games is not typical of a top 5 team. We’re winning on execution and heart and guts and playing smart | Mark Few


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Joel Embid Quotes

Do you know how I learned to shoot? I watched white people. Just regular white people. They really put their elbow in and finish up top | Joel Embiid


larry bird quotes

You never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you’ll miss too. I make 110% of my shots | Larry Bird


Pete Carill

The two ingredients in success in basketball are playing hard and playing intelligently | Pete Carill


michael jordan afirmations

Success doesn’t stop when you get there | Michael Jordan


bob cousy

Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful in anything that you put your mind to | Bob Cousy


Quotes About Basketball - kobe brayant

Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise | Kobe Bryant


Jason Kid

Hard work does pay, and you just have to continue to work | Jason Kidd


James Naismith sayings

I seek to leave the world a little better place than I found it | James Naismith


Shaquille O'Neal

Me shooting 40% at the foul line is just God’s way to say nobody’s perfect | Shaquille O’Neal


Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar


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